I never cease to be amazed by those, who will do anything
they can, to discredit the Bible. You
would think, considering what it costs to create a television production, the
people producing it would be well versed in the subject covered. Shows on The History Channel, American Hero's
Channel, The Discovery Channel, among others seem not to care about
accuracy. They purport to be scientific
presentations of different aspects of the Bible and archeological discovery. Would it be considered paranoid to think
there might be an agenda behind the misrepresentations? A famous Christian author was interviewed on
one of these shows. They cut up what he
said so badly that he refused to participate in future shows.
One History Channel show surmised that a messianic figure
who died about the time of Jesus' birth was the ensample for Jesus to pattern
His life. They also surmised that Jesus would have been too young to have
studied under him (since Jesus would have been 4 or under), so it must have
been John the Baptist who did the studying and passed the information to Jesus. What they forgot
was that John the Baptist was only 6 months older than Jesus.
Another History Channel show was about life 10,000 years
BC. Since we know that in the current
creation, God created Adam (the first man) about 6,000 years ago, there can
only be 6,000 years of history of man..
We also know that after the flood, only Noah and his family were alive
on the earth. What the scientists fail to recognize, is the prior creation and
those that were alive before the flood.
These are two separate observable times in the crust of the earth.
Dr. Ivan Pannin, a world renowned
mathematician who didn't believe in God, set out to prove the Bible was not
true, by the use of mathematics. He discovered that there was no way the Bible
could have been written by men, and became a Christian.[1]
Lee Strobel was an award winning
journalist and atheist, who didn't believe in the Bible or Jesus. When his wife became a Christian he set out
to prove, one way or the other, if the Bible and Jesus had any merit. He also became a Christian, and wrote a
series of writings proving the validity of the Gospels, creation, the Bible,
Jesus, etc.[2].
There are those who say the Old
Testament Hebrews had no idea of any kind of a resurrection of the dead. It
seems funny that, although the Sadducees didn't believe in angels or the
resurrection of the dead, the Pharisees did. This was the main cause of
division among them when they were trying to trap Jesus. Except
for a few; Jesus, Lazarus, and a few others, most of us will have to wait to
verify this resurrection.
The Book of Revelation was obviously
written for Christians. Without the
insight of who Jesus is, and what He did, there is no basis for an understanding
of what it says. However, even a cursory
reading of this book will shed light on things that are happening in these last
days of the Church age. There is even
conjecture that the Apostle John was not the author of Revelation. In a way they could be right. Jesus was the
author of the Book of Revelation, and John was the scribe. John wrote what Jesus told him and therefore
the title should read The Revelation of Jesus Christ
For centuries, the Islamists denied
the existence of King David and Solomon.
Recent archeological findings have proven the existence of both. The Islamists have sealed up the East Gate, in
Jerusalem
One of the dumbest statements I have
heard lately was by a commentator trying to be authoritative. He stated that the Bible serves as a
testament, that there is something in the universe greater than we are. God is not 'in' the universe; He is
everywhere (omnipresent). God created the universe. He is larger and greater than the universe.
I could go on, with example after
example, however I think I have made my point.
Those Christians and Jews who have faith in God will believe the Bible
is true, and it doesn't matter if nonbelievers believe it or not.
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